Zoom mishap turns lawyer into a cat during virtual hearing

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Texas lawyer attending a virtual hearing via Zoom had to clarify that he is "not a cat" when he was unable to turn off a filter that turned his face into a kitten.

A video of the 394th Judicial District Court hearing, posted to YouTube, shows lawyer Rod Ponton struggling with some technical difficulties when he logged into the meeting to find his photo was replaced with the image of a cat's face.

"I'm here live. I'm not a cat," Ponton says in the video.

Judge Roy Ferguson, who presides over the district, tweeted a clip from the video as a caution to other court professionals.